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What a joke, a plane load here, a plane load there.

Not a drop in the bucket & months late.

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How in the world did nobody in the federal govt knowing that a large portion of formula capacity was off line raise their hand and say guys we have a big problem coming and a few planeloads of formula from Europe is a drop in the bucket.
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How in the world did nobody in the federal govt knowing that a large portion of formula capacity was off line raise their hand and say guys we have a big problem coming and a few planeloads of formula from Europe is a drop in the bucket.
yes I agree this never should have happened.. but why would the federal gov't keep track of baby formula ??
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yes I agree this never should have happened.. but why would the federal gov't keep track of baby formula ??
They don't have to track...............they need to think, Cause & Effect.

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yes I agree this never should have happened.. but why would the federal gov't keep track of baby formula ??
The FDA closed a major producer of formula in a market where there is only a few manufacturers. What did they think would happen when the factory was closed for many months?
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The FDA closed a major producer of formula in a market where there is only a few manufacturers. What did they think would happen when the factory was closed for many months?
The question should be why didn't ABBOT take control of their issue. Why were imports of baby formula banned in the USMCA trade agreement, Why aren't there overlapping formulas between manufactures. Why does Capitalism allow monopolies? Four companies control baby formula. Four companies control meatpacking and they all can set prices at will. I love capitalism when I can control demand I can set the price.
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The question should be why didn't ABBOT take control of their issue. Why were imports of baby formula banned in the USMCA trade agreement, Why aren't there overlapping formulas between manufactures. Why does Capitalism allow monopolies? Four companies control baby formula. Four companies control meatpacking and they all can set prices at will. I love capitalism when I can control demand I can set the price.
Better question is why is the govt allowing these mergers that reduce competition? Shocked that the govt allowed Spring and T Mobile to merge. How does that not limit competition?

Also what really happened between Abbott and the govt after the FDA closed the facility? Suddenly when their is a shortage of formula Abbott can suddenly restart the factory? How is that?
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What a joke, a plane load here, a plane load there.

Not a drop in the bucket & months late.

That is ONE thing that is being done. It is NOT a solution, it I snot perfect. It is ONE of many things put in place to resolve the problem.

The root cause of the problem is the legal restriction of producers of baby formula, and the legal restriction of importing baby formula. Combine that with the largest provider in the US closing a main plant and it was inevitable.
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The FDA closed a major producer of formula in a market where there is only a few manufacturers. What did they think would happen when the factory was closed for many months?
It was a voluntary closure after. whistle blower contacted the FDA with concerns. The FDA then "dragged its feet" in addressing the problem. To me the more important question is why the FDA dragged it's feet.
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Better question is why is the govt allowing these mergers that reduce competition? Shocked that the govt allowed Spring and T Mobile to merge. How does that not limit competition?

Also what really happened between Abbott and the govt after the FDA closed the facility? Suddenly when their is a shortage of formula Abbott can suddenly restart the factory? How is that?
I agreed with the question, why are we allowing monopolies that put the public at risk. I think the answer is obvious, money.
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Better question is why is the govt allowing these mergers that reduce competition? Shocked that the govt allowed Spring and T Mobile to merge. How does that not limit competition?

Also what really happened between Abbott and the govt after the FDA closed the facility? Suddenly when their is a shortage of formula Abbott can suddenly restart the factory? How is that?
The FDA didn't close Abbot, they closed themselves because they had a roof leak and 4 babies got sick and 2 died possibly from their formula. this happened in February and they are still closed for a roof repair. why didn't they repair the roof before it became a problem?
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What a joke, a plane load here, a plane load there.

Not a drop in the bucket & months late.

And that’s affecting you how??
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What a joke, a plane load here, a plane load there.

Not a drop in the bucket & months late.

What a disaster! How could anyone know how to feed a baby without Baby Formula? The babies should launch a huge protest.
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Old 05-27-2022, 05:46 AM
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Gentlemen:

Feeding babies is considered a “woman’s” issue and, therefore, low priority. It’s something women deal with from the time they are born: as soon as their gender is determined rights are taken away and they are marginalized.
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No kidding. Why on earth wasn't the manufacturing problem resolved months ago. Then because of NAFTA changes a few years ago, we couldn't get anything imported quickly. If we are going to buy American products, we need more than 1-2 companies producing it just in case of issues like the one the producers had.
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